Return of the Orange Crayon... Sort Of

When I was a little kid, maybe 8 years old, there was an unfortunate incident involving an orange crayon. Essentially, there was an orange crayon in the pocket of one of my pairs of pants. This orange crayon somehow slipped through my mother’s pre-laundry pocket inspection program. So, into the wash went the pants with the orange crayon. This orange crayon then made its way to the dryer. So… You can imagine what a melted orange crayon can do to a load of laundry. My mother was just a little upset. Well, a few days ago our washer went on the fritz. A repair guy came out. He found a pen. This pen had gotten wedged in some mechanism in the washer. This renegade pen was expensive. It ended up being close to $200 for this guy to come out, dismantle the washer, say “here’s your problem”, and put it all back together. Check your pockets people!